Title: Notes
Text:
Estate of George Martin of Amesbury
Essex Probate Docket # 17890
November 23, 1686
In ye name of God Amen
I George Martin of ye town of Amsbury in ye County of Essex being through
Gods goodness of
prfect memory & understanding, doe make this my last will & testament in
mannr as followeth
Imprimis I commend my spirit to God whoe gave it, & and my body to ye dust
decently to be
buried (at ye chardges of my executr, whome I shall hereafter name and
appoynt) in hopes of a
[joy]full resurrection at ye last day unto life eternall
2dly I give & bequeath unto my natural [i.e. legitimate] Children viz: my Sonns
Richrd Martin,
& John Martin, & my Daughters, Hanna Wathen: Hester Gimson, Jane
Hadley & Abigail
Hadlock unto each & every of them five shillings apiece to be payd in good
and merchantable
pay within one twelvemonth next aftr my decease
3dly I give & bequeath unto my Grandchild John Hadlock five pounds in good
& merchantable
pay in case yt ye sd John live wth me or my wife or my son
Will: untill yt he come unto ye full & compleat age of twenty one years.
4thly I give & bequeath all ye rest of my housing, lands stock & estate both
moveable &
Immoveable unto my wife Susanna during her Widowhood, & after her
marriage, or decease (in
case she marry not againe) unto my youngest son William.
ffinally: I Doe appoint, Constitute & ordaine my Wife Susanna, to be
exectutrix and my
youngest son Will: martin to be executr in conjunction wth her unto this my
last Will &
testament. A[nd in] confirmat[ion] of ye promisees I have hereunto subscribed
my hand &
seale Dated the nineteenth day of January An: Dom: one thousand six
hundred eighty & three
or foure.
Source: Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts;
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